Who Is Cláudia Leitte? 11 Things To Know About Brazilian Bombshell Singing Official World Cup Song With Pitbull, JLo [PHOTOS]

Cláudia Leitte stole the eyes of everyone watching the World Cup's opening ceremony. So who's this sexy Brazilian singer? We'll tell you here!Reuters

Cláudia Leitte

We think that if Cláudia decides to make it out of Brazil, she'll take this market by storm. Just look at her!Reuters

Jennifer Lopez, Cláudia Leitte

Cláudia showing JLo how it's done!Reuters

Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull, Cláudia Leitte

Cláudia previewed "We Are One (Ole Ola)" with Pitbull and JLo during the Billboard Music Awards in late May.Reuters

Pitbull, Cláudia Leitte

Pitbull and Cláudia Leitte at a World Cup press conference.Reuters

Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull, Cláudia Leitte

The fun trio performing at the World Cup's opening ceremony.Reuters

Cláudia Leitte, Pitbull

Claudia and Pitbull during a promotional photo shoot.Reuters

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Move over JLo! We’ve got a new diva in town! Brazilian singer Cláudia Leitte has proved that she definitely needs to get out of Brazil and grace us with her looks, her amazing body and her enviable moves. Leitte was the counterpart for Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull in the official song for the FIFA World Cup 2014, "We Are One (Ole Ola)." Now that we’ve finally seen her in all her glory, we can’t help but to wonder, who exactly is Cláudia Leitte and why is she so big in her country?

1) Turns out, Cláudia Leitte has always had the music in her. She started singing when she was only three, and by age 7, she joined a kids group. By the time she was 13, Claudia was already a professional singer.

2) As an adult, Cláudia began singing in bars and carnivals, and tried her luck with different groups until she finally hit the jackpot with Babado Novo (or maybe they hit the jackpot with her!). She joined the Salvador-based axé band in November 2001, and released five albums with them.

3) The band's first album, named “Sem Vergonha,” was released in 2003 and sold more than 90,000 copies, being the band's first Gold record. “Uau! Babado Novo ao Vivo em Salvador,” released in 2004, sold more than 100,000 CDs and more than 70,000 DVDs, and released in December 2005, “Diário de Claudinha” sold 70,000 copies in just one week.

4) Leitte was nominated for the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards Brazil, and in the same year, she won Brazil’s Best Female Singer award, handed to her by GloboRadio. She beat some of the best Brazilian vocalists Ivete Sangalo, Sandy, Ana Carolina and Maria Rita.

5) In 2008, Claudinha, as people call her, announced that she would be leaving Babado Novo and start her solo career.

6) Besides being a singer, she was the face of AmBev’s Guaraná Antarctica for three years from 2008-2011.

7) Cláudia performed at Miss Universe 2011, held in Sao Paolo, during the swimsuit competition. She sang her single “Locomotion Batucada.” That same year, she performed at Rock in Rio, and recorded “Samba,” a song and music video with Ricky Martin.

10) She is considered, along with Ivete Sangalo, the most powerful Brazilian artists.

11) Not only does she sing beautifully, but Cláudia’s also got some killer moves. Just check out the video below in which she does a Zumba choreography, and scroll through the pics above to see more of this Brazilian beauty!

Maria was born and raised in Dominican Republic, where she began her career in journalism covering human interest stories, entertainment, beauty and wellness for a national magazine. She moved to New York City to study Musical Theatre, but went back to journalism after graduating in an attempt of becoming the Latina Carrie Bradshaw. She has an unhealthy obsession with JLo and claims to be Sofia Vergara’s long-lost daughter, and has tried a crazy amount of treatments to keep looking young. She became a Zumba instructor for fun.